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Page 74His main intention was to get whatever had been killed safely out of sight and
away into the earth where the cats could not get at it again. He thought of this as
something he owed the animals, as a debt. But he was not sure of the reason. On
one particular day, Hooker came to the field with a small, dying squirrel in his
hand. Phoebe, the wide-and- walleyed smallest of the cats, had brought it limply
toward him as he was in the garden behind the house. She sat down with one
paw on ...

Page 75He tried to get Phoebe to put the squirrel down. Gilbert looked on from behind the
screen door on the back porch. "Good Phoebe. Thank you, Phoebe. Go 'way, Phoebe." Phoebe looked at him. Gil belched. He was eating a peanut butter
sandwich, and he ate it with his mouth open, smacking his lips. "Put it down," said
Hooker. "Good girl." Phoebe crouched and made little growls. "Come on." "Isn't
she going to kill it?" said Gilbert. "I don't know," said Hooker. "She's never brought
me ...

Page 76Phoebe paid no attention but focused still on Hooker, with that odd and different
look of excitement. "She's broken it," said Hook. One of the squirrel's eyes was
out and there was a long and deep gash, as though Phoebe had drawn her teeth
through and down the length of the squirrel's neck. "You'd better kill it," said
Gilbert. Hooker looked away. "It doesn't need to die," he said. "Sure it does," said
Gilbert. "Lookit its damn neck. It'll bleed to death if you don't kill it." Hooker
shuffled from ...

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Avis d'utilisateur - lkernagh - LibraryThing

Set in the summer months of 1964, the story is about a well-to-do family of breeding residing in a wealthy neighborhood in Ontario. 11-year old Hooker Winslow is surrounded by his family, a family ...Consulter l'avis complet

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I've read this novel twice. It is a remarkable first novel; Findley lived up to this beginning and then some during his lifetime. The main character is both hero and victim even while he victimizes ...Consulter l'avis complet